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  • April 12, 2011
Poker trumps dogs

Legislature may axe requirement linking dog racing to other gambling licenses.

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  • April 12, 2011
Fort Myers sales up in March

Sales, pending sales, and the median sale price were all up over the year.

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  • April 12, 2011
Tampa office vacancy near 19%

The occupancy rate for Tampa office space is above the state average.

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  • April 12, 2011
Lakewood Ranch sales rebound

A total of 107 homes were sold in the year's first quarter, up from 31 in 2010.

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  • April 12, 2011
Hospice's four-year turf war ends

Clearwater-based Suncoast Hospice won't open a facility in Manatee County after all, ending its territorial tiff with Lakewood Ranch-based TideWell Hospice.

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  • April 11, 2011
Florida rail money redirected

Feds reallocate $300 million of the high-speed rail money Florida rejected.

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  • April 11, 2011
Sykes facility in Oklahoma hit

A Sykes building in Ponca City was hit by a microburst last week.

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  • April 11, 2011
Allen Systems buys Visionapp

The software company bought a German firm with 20,000 customers.

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  • April 11, 2011
Free garage parking extended

City commissioners acted to soften the blow of paid parking.

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  • April 11, 2011
Largo to be more business friendly

Over the next two months, city officials in Largo will reach out to businesses trying to learn more about their needs and concerns in working with local government.

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  • April 11, 2011
Company receives transfusion

The core product made by Sarasota-based Biolife, a powder that can stop bleeding and control wounds, underwhelmed consumers in its first trip to the market.

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  • April 8, 2011
TerraCap Partners buys Emerson Village land

New York City- and Cape Coral-based TerraCap Partners purchased 26.31 acres of vacant land north of Emerson Square Boulevard for $1.7 million.

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  • April 8, 2011
Massachusetts group buys Cielo at Bradenton Apartments

Agawam, Mass.-based Alcurt Realty Group Inc. purchased the 299-unit Cielo at Bradenton Apartments for $11.93 million.

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  • April 8, 2011
Affinity Kitchen & Bath moving to Nilsen Glass building

A limited liability company owned by Melbourne Yull, founder of Intertape Polymer Group, purchased the 17,500-square-foot former Nilsen Glass & Mirror Co. building for $742,000.

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  • April 8, 2011
St. Petersburg distributor buys Lindab building

St. Petersburg-based C&N Realty LLC purchased the 58,820-square-foot former Lindab building for $1.73 million.

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